NYSUT and UUP Rally to Protest Budget Cuts
Hundreds of NYSUT members and supporters rallied at the Capitol in Albany on Friday to protest a proposed $100 million budget cut — 10 percent — to the State University […]
Taking back the narrative
The NCCFT has many progressive ideas to move this union forward and we will continue to do our best to unfold these initiatives in the months to follow. First things […]
Monday Morning Music – Adele: Rolling in the Deep
Frank Frisenda, Vice President for Classroom Faculty, chose this week’s Monday Morning Music selection and wrote this post about the need for NCCFT members to pull together and keep NCC […]
Protecting a Strong NCC in 2011
Welcome back. As you are aware, the political landscape of New York State and Nassau Community College has changed quite a bit since last we met. At the State level, […]
In Higher Ed Curricula "Liberal Arts" is not the Opposite of "Career"
Two recent articles in the December 3, 2010 edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education galvanize a point made by The Chronicle repeatedly year after year for as long as […]
NCCFT Holiday Luncheon
Monday Morning Music – David Bowie: Changes (w/bonus by Tupac)
As we anticipate a new administrative structure we can enjoy this creative video-take on David Bowie’s popular song, “Changes”. If you prefer, here is a live version, filmed in Paris […]
Monday Morning Music: Pussycat Dolls – Jai Ho/You Are My Destiny
This morning’s request is my own (Elizabeth, SOC/ANT/SWK, and Treasurer of the NCCFT). It’s Jai Ho/You Are My Destiny as re-imagined by Pussycat Dolls. It strikes me as somehow appropriate […]
To cyber teach or not: that is the question
In a special section of The Chronicle of Higher Education on “Online Learning” Deputy Director of postsecondary improvement at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mark David Milliron (full article […]
Emergency Call-In Day On Unemployment
A call to action from the Long Island Federation of Labor. Please make a call in support of those who can’t find work. Across America, jobs just aren’t there. It […]